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Monday, May 5, 2014

I completed this work as a project for my Saddleback College Painting III class. My instructor, Veronica Obermeyer, introduced me to Ann Gale's“open form” style of lost edges and broken color. I used a very limited palette of white, three blues, a red and a yellow.I found the wonderful photograph on which I based the work at "The Travel Word" website. It was posted on April 4, 2010. The article was titled "Photo of the Week: A Warm Smile from an Elder in Uzbekistan." I did an exhaustive internet search for both the photographer, Nabikhan Utarbekov, and the author, Lyudmila Vafaeva, without any results. In the United States the copyright belongs indefinitely to the photographer. I followed up with an email to the "The Travel Word's" Editor-in-Chief, Ethan Gelber. Mr. Gelber warmly replied and attempted to communicate with Ms. Vafaeva. As yet, I have not had contact with NabikhanUtarbekov or Lyudmila Vafaeva.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Our instructor, Vinita Voogd, is in front (right of center) with her arms folded. I can be found second from the right, holding my straw hat. We are posed in front of the "steamroller," a small, gas-powered, asphalt paver.

By the end of the day I was covered from head to toe with printmaking ink, hat included. It took a full week to completely remove the ink.

...there's nothing better than sipping Champagne at an artists' reception!

-B. Echanow

ABOUT ME

A love for art and a reverence for flowers have been constants throughout my life's journey.
In 2008 I transitioned from directing the landscape architectural design of major transportation corridor projects to . . . artist.
I consider myself fortunate that everyday I see beauty in nature, in people, and in the man-made. I consider myself doubly fortunate that I am able to capture, convey, and share that beauty with words, paint, pencils, and pixels.

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